Chapter 9 still covers Spark ingestion (like chapter 7 and chapter 8), but this time, it’s about “anything can become a Spark datasource.” When I was working for Zaloni, we […]
Apache Spark Maturity on the Rise
Spark Summit Europe 2017 just concluded, here, in Dublin. More than 102 speakers, 1200 attendees, and an impressive Databricks team attended the 3-day long celebration. Spark is reaching a new […]
Getting Ready for This Pint of Guinness
Next month, I’ll be heading to Dublin, the capital of Ireland. I have been to Ireland quite a few times – I was 3 the first time. However this time, […]
Apache Spark 2.2 is Out
The Best Spark in Town Yesterday, Apache Spark v2.2.0 has been released. Excitement started a few months ago, reaching a “summit” during Spark Summit where a lot of the features […]
The Key to Machine Learning is Prepping the Right Data
Earlier this month, I was in San Francisco, CA, to attend Spark Summit 2017. I gave a talk on the phase before you can apply Machine Learning on data, using […]